About github-mcp-server-unofficial
github-mcp-server-unofficial packages the GitHub MCP server repository as installable Python wheels. It is intended for Python users who want to install the package or locate and run its bundled server binary.
Key features
- 01Installable through pip
- 02Package distributed as Python wheels
- 03Python function to locate the binary
Use cases
- 01Install the packaged server with pip
- 02Find the server binary from Python
- 03Run the binary from a Python program
MCP support
It packages https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server as wheels; the input does not describe the server's MCP capabilities.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEgithub-mcp-server-unofficial
Packages https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server as wheels.
Usage
This package can be installed using:
pip install github-mcp-server-unofficial
If you are invoking it from a Python program, you can get a Path to this
binary using:
import subprocess
from github_mcp_server import find_github_mcp_server_bin
subprocess.run([find_github_mcp_server_bin()])
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